New parents Omileye Achikeobi-Lewis and Derrick Lewis got what they literally call their miraculous surprise on Aug. 28.

Achikeobi-Lewis, 40, had tried for 14 years to conceive. On Aug. 28, she gave birth to a healthy girl the couple named Omololu Iyanu, which means “my child is my blessing” and “surprise and miraculous.”

But Omololu wasn’t born in a hospital, although the Lewises had every intention of going to one for her birth.

White, assistant chief of the Elgin Volunteer Fire Department, is talking about how he feels about being one of the firefighters who helped put out the blaze at the historic Lancaster County Courthouse on the morning of Aug. 4, 2008.